AMD Athlon 64 X2 or Intel Core 2 Duo?

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VIKESREDS

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New guy here. Wondering which processor would be best for me...AMD Athlon 64 X2 or Intel Core 2 Duo? I'm planning on using this new computer for web surfing, burning video from my digital camera to DVD, a little gaming I suppose (haven't really got into that yet). I've been looking at a HP A1630N with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and the HP A1640N with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.

Mark
 
More up to date? Not really....The X2s use a newer socket....

Up to date has nothing to do with it. The C2Ds are just better.
 
I don't know about all of these intel junkies. Personally I would go for the X2 from Athlon. :)

You can't find nice motherboards for core 2 duos. yes, I just said it. :P
 
Nvidia 600 Series mobos

Sirius_GTO said:
I don't know about all of these intel junkies. Personally I would go for the X2 from Athlon. :)

You can't find nice motherboards for core 2 duos. yes, I just said it. :P
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I disagree with Nvidia releasing the 600 series for Intel chips. The 680i is smoking in terms of performance and overclocking. My P5B rocks as well. But the new 680i series is getting rave reviews and seems to be on track to a hot seller.
 
Thanks all for the replys.
Holyjunk125, I'm afraid to build my own. I'd probably burn down the house if I tried that!! :-)

I'm still leaning toward the two I mentioned in my first post. They are bascially the same except for the two different processors. And the one with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 is $100 cheaper.

Here's the HP A1640N specs:

Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Class: Core 2 Duo Processor
Processor Number: E6300 with Viiv Technology
Processor Speed: 1.86 GHz
Bus Speed: 1066 MHz
L2 Cache Size: 2 MB
System Chipset: Intel G965 Express
Memory Speed: PC2-4200 (533MHz)
Memory Technology: DDR2-SDRAM
Installed Memory: 2 GB
Maximum Memory: 8 GB
Memory Slots Total: 4
Memory Slots Available: 2
Hard Drive Capacity: 250 GB
Drive Controllers: SATA-150
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Optical Drives: LightScribe Double Layer DVD SuperMulti Drive:

Card Slots: 1 x CompactFlash Card
1 x MicroDrive
1 x Memory Stick
1 x Memory Stick PRO
1 x SmartMedia Card
1 x Secure Digital(SD)/MMC
1 x xD-Picture Card
Sound Support: High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable
Video Chipset Brand: Intel
Video Chipset: Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3000
Video Bus: PCI Express x16
Video Integration: Motherboard
Shared Video RAM (Max): 256 MB
Port Connectors: 7 x USB 2.0 (3 on front, 4 on back)
2 x FireWire (IEEE 1394) (1 on front, 1 on back)
1 x Video - VGA monitor (on back)
2 x PS/2 (on back)
2 x Audio - Microphone, Line In, Line Out (1 on front, 1 on back)
Audio - Digital Audio In/Out (on back)
1 x Rear speaker out/Side speaker out/Center (subwoofer) (on back)
1 x RJ-11 Modem
1 x R-45 Ethernet LAN

PCI Slots: 3
PCI Express x16 Slots: 1
Slots Notes: 2 x PCI open
1 x PCI Express x16 open

External 3.5 Bays: 1
External 5.25 Bays: 2
External Bays Notes: 1 x 3.5-inch open
1 x 5.25-inch open

Internal 3.5 Bays: 1
Internal Bays (Notes): None open

Expansion Bay (Notes): HP Pocket Media Drive Bay available

Network Support: Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
Modem Speed: 56 Kbps
Input Devices: Keyboard
Wheel Mouse
Installed Operating System: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005



Here's the HP A1630N specs: Processor
Processor brand AMD
Processor type Athlon 64 X2
Processor speed 2.2GHz
Bus Speed 2000MHz
Level 2 cache 2 x 512KB
Memory
RAM 2GB
Memory Type (RAM) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)
RAM expandable to: 4GB
Storage/Drives
Hard drive size 250GB
Hard Drive Speed 7200RPM
Burns DVDs Yes
Lightscribe Yes
Expansion
Available 3.5" bays 1
Available 5.25" bays 1
Available PCI Slots 3
Ports
USB 2.0 6
FireWire 2
DVI (Digital Video Interface) No
TV tuner No
Internet/networking
Ethernet Yes
Built-in Wireless No
Dial-up Modem Included
Graphics/video
Video memory 256MB
Video Memory Type Shared
Software
Operating system Windows® XP Media Center Edition
 
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